Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

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Relationship counsellor Steven Dromgool's given Jack some hints on how to start resolving that perpetual argument you have with your partner.LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE

It’s slowly starting to become that time again: planting new crops for spring!
Two options:
1) go to garden centre and buy a punnet of seedlings (6, or 8, sometimes dozens of plants in a shallow pot
2) buy a packet of seeds and sow your own
Advantages of punnets: already sprouted and sometimes a few weeks old – simply transplant in some good soil and things should be going well. Plants have established root systems and are ready to transplant.
Cost around $3 - $6 per punnet
Advantage of seed packets: their price! For $3 to $5 you get dozens if not hundreds of seeds that you can use for quite a few years; viability varies according to what species we’re talking about. Often the use-by date can in practice be extended for quite a few years.
Some crops you can not transplant without damaging their roots: carrots, parsnips are really “touchy” when the soil is removed from their roots – best to sow them in situ and carefully thin them out when they have grown up as small seedlings (aim for 10-15 cm apart in the row)
Some other things to remember when you sow seeds:
 1) Make sure your pots are cleaned and disinfected! A group of fungal diseases, known in the trade as “Damping Off” can infect germinating seed and small seedlings and spread very rapidly through all the plants you’re trying to grow – you’ll basically lose the lot in one container.
2) Use good seed-raising mix from a reputable supplier; it is sterile in terms of fungal pathogens and generally the right mix with the right drainage-characteristics. It should not contain fertilisers, as seeds use their own “food stores” inside the seed to grow for the first week or so.
3) follow the instructions on the seed packet in terms of depth of seed sowing and temperature requirements to assist with germination. Many seeds should hardly be “buried” at all – a good rule of thumb is: as deep as the diameter of the seed itself – in some case no more than a millimetre or so!
4) Overheating is not good and a bright spot (on the window sill with direct, hot sunlight) is often too much of a good thing as well. Until the first true leaves are formed, a seedling doesn’t really need any light at all! Think of a moderately warm hot water cylinder cupboard.
5) when a seedling has a few true leaves (after the small “cotyledons” that come out of the seed first) it can be “hardened off” by exposing it too the cooler outdoor temperatures of  spring transplanted; it varies from species to species as to how much exposure it can handle, but you’ll find out soon enough: just take it easy!
6) Transplanting into a new, larger container or even direct into the soil is generally possible when chances of (severe) frost are almost zero… Best practice is to pick the seedling up by the cotyledons (not by the stem or the root-ball) and carefully loosen the seed-raising mix so it comes out with still some mix attached to the roots. Plant the new, tender seedling by carefully compacting the soil around its roots in the new location.
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We makes lots of financial decisions on the assumption that we will continue to earn and have similar expenses for a set period. Which is fine – until it isn’t.
Divorce, illness, injury, being widowed, redundancy, triplets (!) – can upset the apple cart completely.
So how can you plan for such events, and how can you recover from one you weren’t prepared for?
Financial consultant Hannah McQueen shares her insights with Jack Tame.
LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW ABOVE

We’re going into iPhone season so the rumors are in full swing..
The big question is when will the new iPhone lineup be announced? History will tell us it’s usually the first Wednesday or Thursday of September — and the geeks have been digging into the test versions of their iOS13 operating system to see if they can find any clues. There’s a screenshot with a calendar with a date saying 10, so the pick is September 10.
Dropbox had to be evacuated this week?
It’s the most Silicon Valley story ever.. Dropbox’s office had to be evacuated because someone’s electric scooter burst into flames. So the geeks ended up on the sidewalk in the 26 degree SF summer heat, and.. I really hope this isn’t true.. someone tweeted they were getting canned sparkling water delivered to them while they waited in the sun. 
 
 

Looking for a new TV show to watch? Tara Ward joined Jack Tame this morning to reveal the best shows on TV this week! 
Years and Years Created by Russell T. Davies and starring Emma Thompson, Anne Reid and Rory Kinnear, Years & Years is an epic saga that takes an ordinary family and catapults them through the next 15 years (SoHo, from Monday 19 August).Jonah A new miniseries covering the story of rugby legend Jonah Lomu, documenting his rise to the top and his struggles behind the scenes (Three, begins Sunday 18 August, 8:30pm). The Virtues A gritty British drama about a man who is haunted by a past he has tried, for decades, to forget (Rialto, begins Sunday 18 August)

Lemon oaty slice.
With all the citrus around right now, this is the slice for me!
Base:
75g butter
3 tbsps sour cream
¾ cup flour
½ cup oats
3 tbsps icing sugar
Topping:
¾ cup sugar
½ cup lemon juice
1 tbsp lemon zest
2 tbsps cornflour
½ tsp baking powder
3 eggs
Icing sugar for dusting

Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a swiss roll tin. 
In a food processor mix the butter, sour cream, flour, oats and icing sugar until it forms a soft dough ball. Transfer this to the prepared tin and press into an even layer. Bake for 20 minutes or until lightly golden. 
Whilst the base cooks making the topping but mixing sugar, lemon juice and zest, cornflour, baking powder and eggs in the food processor (no need to wash it between base and topping) until well combined. Pour over the cooked pastry base and bake a further 25 minutes until just set. 
Cut into slices when cold and with a hot knife.

Nici’s notes:
Always zest the lemons before you squeeze them for your juice and store the zest, wrapped in foil, in the freezer for future cooking!

Every Saturday morning, movie critic Francesca Rudkin joins Jack Tame to take a look at what is playing at the movies this weekend.
Herbs: Songs of FreedomThis theatrical documentary celebrates the five men from different islands in the South Pacific who gave voice to a generation and the issues of the time through their music.Once Upon a Time in HollywoodQuentin Tarantino's ninth feature film is a story that takes place in Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood. The two lead characters are Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), former star of a western TV series, and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt). Both are struggling to make it in a Hollywood they don't recognise anymore. But Rick has a very famous next-door neighbour...Sharon Tate.

Kevin Milne has been talking to Jack about why sometimes, the simple ads are the ones that work best.
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What would be worse than losing the Bledisloe Cup?
Umm.. a root canal would be worse. I think. Or would it? Ok. Two root canals would definitely be worse. Yeah definitely no doubt about it. Ohh... maybe.. two root canals and an anaesthic-free extraction by a clumsy dentist who doesn’t realise until your tooth’s in the bin and you’re spitting blood through a big gummy gap in your mouth that actually whoopsy daisiy he removed the wrong tooth! That would definitely be worse than losing the Bledisloe Cup
Or would it?
Hmmm ok. You know what would be worse than losing the Bledisloe Cup? Returning home from a relaxing holiday to discover that a storm has blown a hole in the roof and it’s flooded the lounge so everything is gonna smell like wet carpet for months. And not only that.. a bird has flown in the hole in the roof and it’s shat everywhere. And the storm’s caused a power cut which means all of the meat in the freezer has rotted. And all your friends and family are still on holiday so no one’s there to help with the clean up. And as you walk through the house and survey the damage you simultaneously stub your toe, bang your funny bone, and remember that you haven’t paid your insurance premium in the last six months. That situation would definitely be worse than losing the Bledisloe Cup.
I think. Ok. You know what would be worse than losing the Bledisloe Cup? Losing the Bledisloe Cup. At home. For the first loss in however long at Eden Park. Going down against a resurgent Wallabies team that doesn’t give two hoots that their star back is embroiled in a legal battle with the Australian Rugby Union and a huge public controversy. Izzy Gonna be missed? I don’t think so! And all just a matter of weeks before everyone flies off to the World Cup. Yeah, that would be worse than simply losing the Bledisloe Cup. 
Except we haven’t lost it yet. And even if we do lose it. Even if we lose this close to a World Cup, with all the history at Eden Park, and all of the drama over Israel Folau, and all of the beef between Michael Cheika and Steve Hanson.. we will lose knowing that sometimes sporting results don’t go the way we want them to, and there are much bigger and more important things in this World.
So let’s stop catastrophising. Let’s get excited, instead of anxious.
And instead of focusing on what might happen tonight or indeed at the Rugby World Cup if the All Blacks lose... let’s focus on how it might feel when they win.

If you’re a long time listener with us, you’ll know I’m not a big fan of stuff. I live in a sparsely furnished apartment and I run what I consider to be a minimalist aesthetic. I really try not to buy stuff for the sake of buying stuff. I really try not to hold onto stuff for the sake of holding onto it. When I finally bought a couch a few months ago to compliment the armchairs in my lounge and stop my friends from giving me grief, I only assuaged my guilt by going to the City Mission and donating the ottoman that had been in the couch’s place. One piece in - one piece out.
This philosophy extends to technology. Until fairly recently, I didn’t own a TV. That’s despite working on telly. I just had a laptop and streamed stuff when I wanted. As tempted as I’ve been to give in to my impulses and buy a drone, I haven’t. I don’t own a fancy digital camera. When my family huff and puff at Christmas and lament that I’m impossible to buy for. I ask them simply for guitar strings or chocolate. No one needs more stuff.
There is, however, one exception to all of this. One thing. One purchase. One piece of tech which I have to confess I shelled out a lot of money to buy.. and don’t regret for a moment. In fact, no, I’ll go further than that. This piece of tech has significantly improved my life.
My Bose Quiet Comfort 3 Blutooth Noise Cancelling Headphones are, behind Gibson guitar, my single favourite possession.
I bought them a year ago in a moment of philosophical weakness as I prepared for an international trip. They cost, gulp, almost 500 dollars.
If you’ve never worn noise cancelling headphones, this is how they work. Unlike Earmuffs, they don’t squeeze your head or rely on a really tight seal and big padded earpieces to block out the sound of the World. No.. the earphones have sensors which pick up low frequency sounds, and then match those frequencies with an exact opposite frequency. It’s genius. And it means when you’re on a plane and you have that hum of the jet engines for hours on end, you can put on the earphones and it all disappears. You slip into your own World.
I’ve taken to wearing my headphones a home. I can walk around the house, changing my sheets or doing the vaccuming, and the quality and clarity of the sound never changes one bit. If you walked away from your radio right now, or jumped out of the car, you couldn’t hear my voice anymore. Not an issue with my headphones.
I’ve even started wearing them at work, in the office. Sometimes I don’t even have them switched on. I just put them on my head so people don’t come up and bother me.
My only regret, is that I didn’t buy them sooner. I think about the scores of flights I took when I was working as a correspondent in the United States, wedged into a middle seat in row 37 and toiling away the hours.
If you are by any chance considering investing in noise cancelling headphones – and I use the term investing quite deliberately - my advice is to do it. I’m not being paid a dime to say this but my Bose headphones have changed music for me. They’ve changed radio. They’ve improved my life.
And if, like me, you have some philosophical rule about buying things. Avoiding fads, and maintaining a minimalist life. Just remember, rules are made to be broken sometimes.